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Steve PoftakBy Steve Poftak
July 24th, 2008


The Boston Municipal Research Bureau has a special report on the City of Boston’s staffing. It contains this interesting nugget:

The School Department’s increase of 658 positions since 2004 accounted for 64.1% of the four-year total of 1,026….The School Department is just 58 positions below its 2002 level while its
enrollment has dropped by 10.4% from 2002 to 2008.

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